Super Bowl LIII marked the end of the 2018 season, and also the end of the 2019 head coaching hiring cycle.

The Miami Dolphins and Cincinnati Bengals have formally filled their coaching vacancies. Brian Flores, who helped Bill Belichick create a defensive masterpiece in the Patriots’ Super Bowl win, was introduced as the new coach in Miami, while Zac Taylor, the former quarterbacks coach of the Rams, formally accepted the Bengals’ offer and flew to Cincinnati after the Rams’ loss.

Flores is only the second defensive-minded head coach hired this cycle, along with new Broncos coach Vic Fangio. The Bengals’ decision to hire Taylor is in line with the current trend of pairing the head coach with the quarterback in hopes of overhauling an offense.

While Flores was the front-runner in Miami for weeks, the Patriots’ dominant defensive performance in the postseason – the Pats beat three of the NFL’s best offenses in the...